Combined cultivating and insect-destroying machine.



J. PEIL. COMBINED CULTIVATING AND INSEGT DESTROYING MACHINE.

APPLIQATION FILED JAN. 1'6, 1909. 947,455, Patented Jan.25,`191o.

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COMBINED GULTIVATING AND INSECT DESTBOYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.16, 1909.

Patented Jan. 25.1910.

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CGMBINED CULTIVATING AND INSECT-DESTROYING`MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

PatentedJan. 25, 1910.

Application filed January 16, 1909. Serial No. 472,685.

which it appertains to make and use the` same. l

lThe invention relates to a combined cul* tivatingv and insect destroying machine adapted when being drawn througha ield to straddle the plants without injury thereto, to effectively remove the insects from the leaves of the plants and to subsequently destroy the insects and to cultivate the ground vadjacent lthe plants, during the advance movement of the machine, the latter being designed especially for exterminating potato bugs, which infest the leaves of the potato plant, and the construction thereof being an improvement upon Letters Patent No. 877,117, issued January 2l, 1908.

The primary object of the'invention resides in the provision of a machine of the above mentioned type including means for directing the plants in the path of rotatable beater means such as a brush, means for operating the beater means, means foroperating crushing rollers between which the insects fall from the trough into which they are shaken 'or dislodged by the action of the' beater means, and cultivator means subse` quently acting upon the ground adjacent the plants at opposite sides thereof. In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification is illustrated the improved form of embodiment of the invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practice said invention, will be set forth at length in the following description While the novelty of the invention will be included in the claims succeeding the description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4t is a rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view through F ig. 2. Fig. '7 is a detail view of one of the castings. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View of the beater brush. Fig. 9 is a 'detail view of the shoe which carries the guide bar. Fig. 10 is a detail fragmentaryview of the adjustable bracket and beater. brush.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

In the draWings:-The unumeral l designates the axle of the machine which carries at its opposite ends rotatable ground Wheels,

2 and extends adjacent each end through a vertical slot 3 formed in the casting t located at each side of the machine between .corresponding front and rear supporting beams 5, to 'which it is secured. Each castmg is provided at its upper end with a threaded opening which communicates with the slot 3, through which opening extends a threadedvshaft 6 carrying a collar 7 adjacent its lower end against which collar one end of an expansible coil-spring Bbears, the opposite end of the-latter bearing against the uppei'face of a block 9 movable vertically inthe casting slot and having a' curved lower face which rests upon the axle. It will, therefore, be apparent that the frame of the machine mayberaised and lowered with respect to the axle, by rotating the shafts 6 in one direction or the other', said shafts having their upper ends bent toform handles.

casting is provided on its `hub with a driving sprocket Wheel 10, over which is trained a sprocket chain l1,-\vhich latter is also trained over a small sprocket Wheel l2, fixed to a shaft 13 mounted'in a bearing formed on' a longitudinal beam 111 united at its front and rear ends to cross beams 15 and 16, to which the upper ends of the supporting beams 5 secured. Carried on the inner end of the shaft r3 is a beveled gear 17 meshing with a beveled gear 1S fixed to a longitudinal driven shaft 19 mounted inbearings 20 s ecured to the cross beams 15 and 16 respectively. The rotation of the ground wheel is thus transmitted to the shaft '19, as willvbe apparent.

y The shaft 19 is provided at its rear end with a sprocket 21 connected by a chain 22 With a sprocket 23 located upon the adjacent end of the shaft of one member of the pair of crushing rollers 24 which are rotated toward each otherj by means of intermeshing gears 25 with which their shafts are provided, said roller shafts being journaled at opposite ends in bearings mounted upon thel laterally 'projecting arms 26 of a bar 27 which connects the lower end. of the right hand supporting beams 5,the.bar 27 carrying a U-shaped rocking rod toi'which a scraper 28 is secured, the scraper being held against the adjacent rolls by means'ofa weight 29, mounted upon one of the arms of said rod.

' Secured to cthe righthand standard and extending directly over the adjacent crushing rolls isa longitudinal trough 30 whose bottom is setat such an angle as \to form a downwardly inclined chute, so thatrthe insects brushed thereonto will be discharged directly into the 'bite of the rolls to be crushed therebetween, the inner longitudinal edge of the trough being curved so as to more closely approach the adjacent roll, the

; .Y curved longitudinal 2o upper surface of the opposite roll is likewise partly incased throughout its length by a' ange 31which forms.

an extension of a metallic shoe 32 terminating at its forward end in an outturned point. Disposed in spaced relation to and parallel with its shoe is a second shoe 33 which is secured tothe slightly in-turned lower end of the left hand supportin beams. 'The shoe last mentioned'has secure to its upper face a curved turning rod 34 which is adapted to strike against the plants during their passage vbetween the shoes and to direct them toward the trough side of the machine. The trough is, in addition, provided with a guide 35 which is adapted to strike against the plants and lies directly above the bite of the crushing rolls and 1s formed by a metallic rod bent substantially into jU-shape and pivoted at its forward end'to the front end piece of the trough, one of the arms of said guide extending through a vertical slot 36 with which the rear end piece of the trough is provided. The arms of the guide are connected together towardtheir rear end by bending one arm around the other.`

The guide is rocked or oscillated in a vertical plane bymeans of its engagement of the hooked lower end of the strap 87 of an eccentric 38 which is carried by the shaft 19 adjacent'the sprocket 21. This 'movement of the guide against the lower portion of the plants which are directed. there Yagainst by the turning rod .dislodge the insects from such portion of the plants, whereupon the insects will fall either between the crushing rolls or onto the liange 31. 'I

Depending from the cross beams 15 and 16 are brackets 39, the lower ends of which are slotted and connected with adjustable bearing heads 40, in which is'journaled Aa shaft 41 supporting a brush 42 which is formed either of broom'cornorof flat rspring steel strips producing a Abeater disyjvosed throughout a g'eater portion of the lbn'gitudinal extent of the machine. Mounted on the ends of theshaft 41 is a sprocket 43 over which is trained a sprocket chain 44, the latter also trained over a large sprocket carried by the beam 46 at its vforward 45 fixed to the shaft 19 and through the medium of the latter motion is imparted Ato the beater brush. The front and rear cross beams 15 and 16 are further connected by a second beam 46 parallel to the beam 14 and upon this beam the seat 47 is mounted. The front supporting beams 5 have pivotally connected thereto the rear ends of the arms of the yoke 48 to which the tongue 49 of the machine is secured, said tongue having cross beam 50 secured to its rear end which is connected by links 51 with the forward end of an angle lever 52 which is pivotally mounted adjacent a segmental 'rack end; owingto' this construction the entire machine may be tilted in one direction or the other upon its axljgaf'diel lever carrying a spring pressed awl means of which it is retained in at justedposition.

lt is obvious that wheirfthe machine is drawn through the field, each row of plants will, in turn7 pass between the outwardly turned endsof theshoes 32 and 33 and will be deflected or bent. overin the direction of the crushing rolls by,.the turnin ,ffrod34 against which they strike. hefQp antswjw'i'll then be thoroughly shaken a-nd'cted upo'rrj1 by the brush 42 and at the same; 'me will'v` be subject to a further agitatio lie guide which vibrates in a vertica by reason of its connection with the eccentric strap 38. The thorough agitation to which the deflected plants are subjected under the combined action of the beater and 100x-f crushing rolls and bedestroyed.

Disposed in front of the crushing rolls 105 and suitably mounted in the machine is a' depending shoe forming a fender 54 which serves to throw the soil and also remove obstructions in advance of the crusherfrollsj as said machine travels through a field.

Secured to the rear supporting beams 5y and extending outwardly therefrom are conl. verging hangers 55 forming supports for a horizontal shaft 56 having secured thereto drop castings or rocker arms 57 in which 115 are pivotally supported curved standards 58l carrying at\\their lower ends cultivator shovels 59 and connected to the pivotal cou lings 60 of the standards 58 are rising lin s 6l the latter having their upper endscon- 120` nected to throw levers 62 disposed at opposite sides of the beams 46 adjacent the seat 47 and also pivot'ally mounted adjacent segmental racks 63 so that upon manipulation of the throw levers the cultivator shovels 125 the machine to cultivate thel soil.

Mounted upon the casting 4 between the sprocket wheel 10 and the sprocket wheel l2 is a spring controlled displaceable idle beams between which shoes the plants arev adapted to pass, a pair ofcrushing rolls at one side of said shoes, a rotatable brush arranged slightly 'above and in the space between the shoes, means carried by one of the shoes for delecting the plants toward the rolls, mechanism actuated by one of the wheels to operate simultaneously the rotatable brush and crushing rolls, a fender disosed in advance of the crushing, rolls and cultivating means mounted atthe rear of the frame.

2. In a machine of the class described, in combination a wheeled frame, spaced shoes mounted in said frame, between which shoes -the plants are adapted to pass, 'one of saidshoes extending at its front end' a considerable distance beyond the other shoe to'form a gathering extremity, crushing rolls dis-V posed ad]acent one of said shoes, means carried by the other. shoe for detlecting the plants toward said rolls, a' rotary brush coy extensive with the longitudinal extent of the rolls and occupyingr they space betweenthe vshoes and adapted to actupon the plants when passed etween the latter, separate means actuated by one of the wheels of the frame foropera-ting the brush androll, and means for tilting the frame.

3. In a machine of the class described.P in combination, a wheeled framev including front and rear pairs of sup' orting' beams, a pair of spaced shoes carrie( by said' beams, between which shoes the plants are adapted to pass, a pair of crushing rolls disposed adjacent one of said shoes, brackets depending from opposite ends of the frame and having vertically adjustable bearings, a shaft journaled in saidbearings and extending longitudinally the length of' the frame, a brush carriedfby said shaft, means carried by the otherl shoe for detlecting the plants toward ing roll-s for' agitatingfthe plants, a '.fender disposed in front ot' t-h'e'erushing roIls, means.

for. driving said rolls', and connection between -one of the Wheels of the frame' and said brush carrying shaft to rotate the latter. 4. In 'af machine of the class described, in cpmbination, a wheeled frame including t'ront and rear pairs of supporting beams, a pair of spacedshoes carried by said beams, between which the` plants are adapted to pass, a pair of crushing rolls disposed adjacent one of said shoes, brackets depending from opposite ends of the frame and having vertically adjustable bearings, shaft* .Journaled in said bearings and extending longitudinally the lengthoi the frame, abrush carried by said shaft, means carried by the other shore `for deecting the plants toward said rolls, a fender disposedln advance of the crushing rolls, means for driving sai-d rolls, connection between one of the wheels of the. frame and said brush carrying shaft to rotate the latter, and .adjustable*cultiva-y tor means arranged at the rear of the frame.

a'ndgadaptedto straddle a row of plants.

vInr't'estimony whereof,I I affix' my signature, in presence of two witnesses. V i' JOSEPH PEIL.

`lVitnesses: 4

W. E. KrrcH, A. T. NEWMAN.

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